North Carolina Newspapers

omm if i- k -TmL .v -v . v : H' " i. . i a- t I h i 4 ' L Y :v RAILROAD MAN'S PRAYER. EloqnttiUpdof ReV. George Stewart at V a'f.; aaherini pt . Railroad Men; was uttered .by ; Rev.; yeorge.R Stewart, the evangelist, at a ineet ing of railroad men" published ia tract' f6rmVforaistri: ; : bution i m honor of .the late Mr: 4 vv v -Pred Hargrave JMIen . of ; ' ' fC v .:- ' .--1 -'-v; boro, .who as iyery;f ond bf read ing it. Being called upOn io pra, Mr, Steawrt aid V O Lord, .we meet as . a body, Qi , ' railroad men: with our wives and cahMo Consult for mr in .terest. Te are reminded, that life 3 Cstf;ftrainan!i': theroad 'tti ; v he&y en a rrjiilroad V God's truth the 1 .;. &aii ; G6dsnoe the fire, and. His . promises the8-signal " lights. -O -.ir ;i ,: Juorn:rwe recognize thee as the T- rjiiauager oi our roaa, xn fiv.:-';-v::cua8fe.irYey; the nsrnt of way 1 "atfi:'pnrenased it with his "Hrt i blood: SThou didst lay the track ai'd, baHast.the road;, thou "hast art the owner arid controller of it kli-rJ-Ml. ..We16ok to thee for all our tllg? 'i:7Cr.;ynrdefsV, and thou must sign the checks for our daily bread. Be vmerejful inf handling our human ? mistakes and blunders and do not 'f0S:t; ' ; discliarge thy unworthy servants. f,We are grateful for the Bible, EiSfethvbnnk vP nil as nn( instrnfttiona: r.X. P 1 h P merciful m our examination our 'and 'lQokvith charity upoj failures, r yhy promises and warn S ings areonr headlights and hand lanterns," help us to use them so as , to save our train from wreck. De liver us from, broken rails, blind , switches, false - signals iind mis 7 taken orders. Be with us oh every ; ; high bridge of responsibility, on every sharp curve of emergency, promHes shine out bright. Grant us passes for our wives and chil drenand let them go with us. When the storms of temptation and trial come, save us from the atal slides and washouts that have wrecked so. many trains on the road o, life. Let our ' way, kept secure by thy guardian care, ai rways show the steel rail and rock - ballast, and be solid and firm and free from obstruction. Deliver us from the snares of our enemy. May . the headlight of thy truth shine bright on a thrown switch, false signal or fatal obstruction placed for the wreckage of our train. May ' the emergency brake of a strong will save us. "As we make our last run, headed homeward, if it be by thy will, order our train on time. Let the light of thy promises burn bright to the last dark tunnel of death ; as we run through it to the grand Central Station of the skies may we have the approving smile of the General Manager and Su perintendent ; sign with joy the pay roll, receive our wages, and have an eternal lay off with God and the angels and the loved ones at home, and we. will praise thee forever. Amen." 4 lO r Kill Grass Before it Comes "Up. I plant corn and cotton level; or nearly so. My soil is clay. If a heavy rain falls before plants come up I run over with a harrow, and cross with weeder. This will break crust all over the ground, destroy any grass or weed seeds that may be sprouted and prevent evaporation. If no rain falls, weeder alone is run four or five days after planting, and' I keep this up every few days until plants are large enough to thin. This . part of the work is looked after closely, as it may mean the saving of much labor later on. If the grass once gets a start, the harrow and weed are no good then. W. Broom, m Kaleigh (N. C.) Progressive Farmer-and Gazette. 4 ! .. t Altaks upon the financial con dition of a safe and sound institu tion are criminal. t ' To Meet Wife And Daugh Air- r i Iftyitnt .' BI ovaK "111 6ronel?osevslt left yesterday pind is expected hre next Monday . iby 3iCi. Boo'sevel and; Miss Ethel 'iReteltS?'- apoosfEveixs . vwiur emain here until , .th following v Thurs- v4? entetjmate Sir- Jdar lac.egJ hWen&nqptstnte the vicinity; will be-visited. Another Victiin of PeUanw Mrs. BoM-tf, a daughter of Mr.-J. L. Grice of Gastpnfar is critically ill from pellagra at her home in : fountain Island. "She has been suffering from this dis ease for many-months and. has grown- gidually Worse despite the efforlsof thCphysicians-HerifeJ is tiespairea or py ine tamiiy ana friends'.--Gastbnia Gazette. ' W . Aspiration A drop of water lay one day in a gutter, -soiled, stainlpollut ed. Looking upr into the blue of the sky, it began to wish for' puri ty, to long to be. cleansed and made crystalline.' Its sigh was heard, and it was quicky liftedt up by the sun's gentle fingers up out of the foul gutter, into the sweet air, then higher and higher ; at length the gentle winds caught it and bore it away, and by anid. by it rested jfty distant monntain- i,6p, aTftake ofpure, white, beauti-" ful snow. This is a litle parable of .what the grace of God! does for every sinful life that longs and cries for purity and holiness. Selected. MAIL ORDER CALS T HOME. fiterman Johnson Gives an' Dins- " a, . 'm . . ion. oi now it worics. ; . v inAftdexsOu could have heard Mr. Norman H, Johnson's address last night. It was a plain business talk, and was instructive as well as entertain ing. While speaking of the mail or der evil, and the need of ducating the pople along this line, he told a capital story which illustrates the point better than anything we have ever heard. A farmer went to a merchant lit a country town in North Carolina, he said to buy an axe. The merchant priced the axe at $1.10. "That is too high," said the farmer, "I can getr it from Shears, Sawbuck & Co., for 90 cents." ''All right," said the merchant, "I will sell you the axe as cheap as you can get it from those peo ple. Give me the 90 cents." The "farmer handed over the money, and then the merchant said: "Now give me, 8 cents that you would have had to pay for a money order. And 2 cents addi tional for postage that you would have had to pay.'' "I hadn't thought of that' re plied the farmer, ''but you are right. Here is your money." ' ' And now, ' ' continued the mr chant, "give me 25 'cents -which you would have -to pay as express on the axe from Chicago.", ' 'By gum,'' exclaimed the f arm er, "T see. Bat vOu are ..rinrht, and I am a man of my word. Here 's your quarter. . I am out 15 eents'on your original price, but I've learned a lesson.' ; The merchant wrapped the axe in a neat package, and laid it in a shelf behind the counter. ' ' Come around in ten days and. get your axe, ' he said. "You would have had to wait- that long if you had ordered it from Chicago." , The farmer almost' fainted but he couldn't' sav a word. The mer chant had hint dead to rights. But the merchant, after teasing him for a little while"7 gave hira the axe and returned 15 cents, this being the excess of his original price oh the-axe. But that farmer hasn't ordered anything from" a mail order house sirice.Andersdri (s. a Man. . i -' ; TEN NEGROES BUHH ED TO DEATH IN A CABIN; Top of Buildirig Probably Caved 'in i - Catching" the Inmates in the Fire-Trap-The Charred Bones ': Among ; Smoldering Ruins the ''Only Evidence to the Horrible Tragedy. ; . 't-. v-Hoxboro, March 11. Seven miles northwest of Roxboro, on the- iarm of "W. E. Farley, ten negroes me horrible death early Jast night, J Jo-Wagstaff;:hia wife and-eight chjplren being buried, to 1 ashes4nu ineir nome. iwi vne-was lew, iu tell the gruesome tale and the only evidence o their death wisTjthe charred bones from which all; flesh was burned; v ? . No -one knows just how it. hap pened and it is a mystery, how . all could, have been .so completely trapped. .Tie house1 was of log ibody with. eoofe;; room adjcuiihg. It Js' apposed that the fire origi nated in :the cook roomspread to rdofAn4 the,inmates" were either suffocated, or- the. top, fell in and caught them before they could awpke. The family was industri ous and hard working. - 4 0 '4?: ' Where Andrew-Jackson Took 4he . ' V,r" Oath. v' -.. ' best county, in the State, " said feev. Andrew Jackson Burrus, pas tor of the Unibnville circuit. "Arid which is the best- one, Mr. Burrus?' ''Why;v;feurry, of course. I thought that everybody knew that. And," continued Mr. Burrus, "I like Union for one thing because it is the birthplace of Andrew Jackkson. I am a great admirer of Old Hickory, as my father be fore -jme was, so much so that he named me for the old fellow. Up m my county they claim - thau Jackson took the oath as a prae: ticing attorney at the old town of Rkroref4eaiiipitaf Surry, where the old log court house stood is well known and the county records show that it was there that .he took the oath of . a practicing attorney after study-! ing law at Salisbury. He boarded at Mark York's hotel, one of the threjboarding houses of Rockf ord at that time," Monroe Journal. 4 Appointed Many Delegates to the Asheville, March 10. The Ashe- ville and Buncombe good roads as sociation yesterday afternon ap pointed more than 50 delegates to the good roads meeting at Hender- sonville March 30. This meeting will be held iri the interest of the Asheville to Charlotte and Ashe ville to Greenville highways and good results are promised. The meeting will be attended by State Geologist Joseph Hyde Pratt, the moving spirit in good roads work in the state. 4 4 i No Drunkenness in Germany. The prohibition movement in Chicago will not have the support of Dr. Emil G Hirsch. "If you want to find drunkards go where there is prohibition," he says. .''The Jews in Chicago always have been drinkers but never have been drunkards. One reason is that many of the Jews' in Chicago are Germans. The Germans always have been drjnkers. of light wines and beers, but one never sees a drunken man in the streets iri Ger many." Hartford Cour ant. . 4 4V Another Complaint ' ' Was your season 's tour profit able f" - ''It t Vv the worst we ever had," groano " Hamlet DePhat," the fam ous tr fedian ; 'Why) I thought these prosper ous times would reflect upon your profession." ' " - ' -. "Quite the contrary, said the actor. ' Prices of produce- are so prohibitive that we r seldom got mora than two eggs I and a. half- dozen potatoes in'an evening.' I Salirion, pike ; and goldfish are said to "be the. only fish that never sleep." . , 'ii'-. r1;,'C's 3Vhat ;Makes &gayhtf$$g at. makes., a ' w nanwayf "enjseTby the Is Itifche- wathije finehoihes)i and' swehdid stori .bnildgsJThesemaya11;e8t''he' staljiljaithifl -f tjertaia pee ped bWhsyfiareat uiduee ment to t cbmjttercifS and" moral progress IsjUtvtb order- and law obse: eJThat is a factor prily i Jhe ileepiest old hamlets that dol themap thispritrarik jraundance it" the. -schools snd Sorches T May ir J numberv . evnreasebnt Ppnly; ciure?t vUs it the-geO- grilationhe shippih acintiesJite, natural adr ,oiypf essentialsr felHatla1a1ks a; town' any Way f JustSone thing-the nhityl"bf ,. the peome ithe : estehpeH; ot. a, common 1 Dona wmcn. causes business and social .enemies to'jtfit aside all diff erences jwheir it comes to boosting the ton. Jd town ever, made 4 real prigresbn the way los"ubstantial siccess -without 3;heetrtbgether spirininanimougr ly Adopted. ' It ha rejuvenated old hulks of towns that werel yawning their wayI into, endless sleep. It has infused new- blood into the heart of commercial life and made thriving cities out-of paralytic villages Natural ad vantages count f or jauch and pros perity can not be built bn-shifting sand, but' any town withj.hal a chance can be made to grojvTanJ expand and thriveiwhen its citi zens join with onar accbrd' in iie boosting program. AuroraXNeb.) Republican. y MR. HACSSBTT IMPROVING The Masons and Otyi& Hope for Early Restwatwiijo "Heatfbf Wilkesboro, NC.,fMarenl0.i HBSn?R"Haitta Mat of Masons in North Carolina, who has been seriously ill for eight weeks and whose condition at one time was thought to be hope less, is at last convalescent, and able to walk a little, and in the last two days has been able to ride. He is still very weak however, and his physician forbade him resum ing his work in at least a month. His hosts of friends throughout the state and especially the thou sands of Masons will be glad to note his improvement in health will wish a speedy return to his normal strength and vigor. 4 Appointed Receiver for Winston Automobile Company. Winstori-Salem, March 10. An order was signed yesterday by Judge B. F. Long, at Statesyille, in the case of Nellie B. Lakey, ad ministratrix of J. A. Lakey vs. J. H. Hamlin .and M. C. Teague, appointing A. F. Sams receiver for the Winston Automobile company and authorizing him to take over the property of the concern as soon as he files bond in the sum of $2,000. A Chivalrous Man. If it is true that "what is in a man when he is sober will conic out when his faculties are under the toxic influence, of alcohol '' then the man. of apparent wealth and refinement who in full even ing dress, was floundering in a watering trough near Seventeenth and Market streets early the other morning was ; a gentleman arid a hero. ':V; "V,';-'- The poor fellow was so helpless ly, hopelessly intoxicated tha t had it riot been for the. timely advent of a policeman he assuredly would hav.fi been -.drowned. Wheri the" policeman seized him by, the slack of his trousers and his coat collar, however, and ; attempted" to li ft him from the jtrbugh, he ressisted vigorously, . " " :' ' Shay, offisher, '.' he - sputtered, Vou'save the. . women , an chil dren ; I 'can look af er. myself. '-- j rnnaaeipnia xtewru. .-fs LOVED; HER HORSED EO : HAD THEM KILLED. When She Adopted ;Motor: Could Not Bear to! SeeV Others Own Them. c'--:'''-' Plairifieid, N. J., March . 13. Rather ; than allow another person to ise ;her, blue ribbon- coach hbfsesrllrs; M. 'Edgoro;sresi- dent of the mionaireo came devoted: toVtheubmbb and stocked "her largebiqiwjtK several new- caihfe,.decided' to dispose oi , heri horses. nut issd b.e- hgyejejiha4 IsTshoQt thfiEdgerton Bei eould not bea; to sen 'them. :-r4ehm fjf0 lhEdgertons ;a widow and f usreswith her .servants on one of .estsittiesiijAinisccity. gAtf HisDbg. ; Seyeral dafagb' a disreputable f specimen . ot: hnrhanity, who, from gerior . views, ;was: uesoinuaiifc of at least, fiveraces", part of whom are stilMr made his ap- pearanceiati Bidgeton accompan ied by tpinarigy1 looking cur dog. He was refused the homes of that plaefi on account of his uncouth appearance and he was compelled to erect a tent, which he carried in u pack on his back,. near the- rivej, after which he began mail ing baskets which he brought to this city for sale.; Saturday night people living in.that vicinity heard the howls ' of a dog andjm investi gating Sunday Triorriing found that the -.vampire had killed and eaten the animal, part of the meat be ing then in the pot. He was seen yesterday wearing a cap made of the dog's hide.--Newbern Journal. . ;"; 4 . . - "' How to Buy Seed. In the first; place, seeds should be purchased with, special refer ence as to where they were groi. In a few instances seeds grown jn may be best, but as a general rule, the nearer home they are produced the better. In buying from seed dealers we must take their word as to where the seeds were grown. The distance north or south is of much more importance than the distance east or wtst. Except in; few special cases, it is dangerous to go far north of south for seeds for planting. The buyer has little chance to protect himself against buying seeds that are not true to name The careless or dishonest dealer can readily sell him one variety for another, in ;most cases. The buyer can, however, usually pro tect himself as to the purity, gtr minating power and general qual ity of the seeds. To do this, how ever, he must buy Vy sample. If he has not the knowledge to en able him to detect adulterations, weed seeds, etc., he can Jhave this done for him by the State i&ucL Federal agricultural departments. The germinating power he can easily "test for himself . It should always be done. It will often save bad stands, or re-planting. In buy ing seed corn it should always be obtained on the ear. When corn is required to be sent on the ear and when seeds are bought by sample he dealer is likely to be much more careful to ship seeds, rif stATK.fl.rd oualitvl TBeein at once to negotiate for the seeds you. need. Raleigh progressive Fann er arid Gazette. ; .. -"IV-: ; ' 4 tm ;,; ' . -" - There is no edge 'sharper than the truth. A plain price mark is a silent potent salesman. ; ' Don't try to beg, -borrow or steal your ideas. . Dig them out for.yourself. .m . ',. ; ,:It4s often a ? long' rocky road that: leadsV from Promise to' Per formance. ' - ; ;; ' X'' i' IK 'Js It'sieasy" to say yes--but teh man Who cant say , " no ' has no place in business. J ' . . - -It's a poor, store economy that saves scrubbing-brushes and; dust cloths v r;r ..'M-': .1 A good motto with regard to all public improveirients : -Hurry up ! r.a ? JvWe are -trymg tolcp&ce' orir visitor date jm tor r street cars in this "city, 'r ?we 'That's all very Vell,rfsai visitor ' 'but we "haye come ybu-want-'em casJtxburjtown'U & This" made us ieelmaUuntil e happened to-'thirik that- the -chancewere that. the. visitor-;was. : -T -W ' Ir'.: ' - 5 b. " xT.V :Sr ' 1 mgmg us; ; . - K7:-'r ?: MUCH DT?IJtTOEJ f .v The' sea kale,-: ed, Z ,xca food.ii leaves average one' foot in width' and 45 leet. in Jength.rCl -V- .fy- 'Water thrown on the ice of the Arctic regions will' crack it, j as boiling water will crack aj piece of glass. : This is because the ice is so mueH colder, than water : French, colonies produce; fully half of the vanilla beans raised an nually in the world. T' It is'.estimatr ed that this colonial industry gives employment to 35,Q00 people. As the use of the chemical product galled yaniilihV r SyuichT is 100 times as powerful as yanJIa. threatens the business of the'plafb ters of theearis, they have form ed: a syndicate with offices at 19 Rue Saint Georges, Paris, to urge upon the French Parliament the, imposition of a heavy tax - upon vanilline, which .contains novanil-l la at all. ' ' ';H-j ' . i OUR ONE GREAT NATURAL "' ADVANTAGE. - " - - ' -:y ,;:x: Our Ability to Grow More Peed Should Enable v us' to Beat tho jWest Crowing stock. ; 4-; Our longer growing., seasons, which eriablesus to produce -great- m enaoies us wprociuce -great- arietrbffeedopsaHeto ervari -are the true conditions which may be turned .to an immense advant age in the growing of live stocK; The growing of farm animals is so very largely a qutstion ot- fe2Urig farm animals, that the importance of the fact that we can grow two I and thret feed crops on a giver piece of land each year, cannot be over-estimated. It must not be forgotten, how ever, that this natural advanagef which we possess in the producingj of feed crops will avail us nothirig unless we actually grow the. cropd and feed them to live stock. It will avail us nothing unless we actulaj ly grow he crops arid feed them tq live stock. " It will avail us notiJ ing, though the climate 'and land may be able to produce two oi three feed crops each year, if wq only make it grow one,, or do no feed these crops to the right sorl of animals in the right way aftei they are produced. The fact that Our larids are novv less productive per crop and pei acre is only a temporary disad vantage at most, for by the grow ing of two ad three of the best fee crops each year, and the feeding o thest to live stock, bur soils will, ii a . short time, be 'made as produq tite as those of any section. Pro' gressive Farmer. v y ;.. "; 4 He. Left Him Alone. Judge Do you mean to tell me! that you stood by and let your! mother-in-law be beaten by. the prisoner without dpmg anything! i WitnessWellI: didnt think he needed any help. : S ; : -; ' " . , '" " "'IV. T- One of the Familyv "Oh, Tommy, where did you get the lovely dogt"v .; - ; "He's a cousin q mine. ; He be longs to my uncle." : ':;.-:: " ' . ' J4 " ';S Fears that the sea will soon be come depleted of food fiish if 4kr. operations of steam trawlers are not restrictedj, is not sustained by experience in the North sea , or the last ; 10 years. : ; " ' . '."pc , z'. 4 4B, t 1 -, '--r : Peanut - cake seems to be sup; planting cottonseed : cake as the preferred food for Swedish cattle tnaf we naai; nrajoyiupoiiA, irgia,armer 'invested $20Q . proyements inbur ity4 ai Hora;ailCPasture and 3flacUf MONEY IN HOGS. $600iCl?ar Profit. Teirrbyfir Brothers ofm; lock .County;, Georgia, f have -been astrires of ; eTVe-f beans, gp; field pean -I vftpbtaoefe shire arid,;' the V-coniinpjI breeds. V Theyii"la amps dtirmthe SDrinsrarid ; fi'M'wini during the rjing -and eadjwin: tejregonegses, J m August theyare Hurried into-j the potato fields "and transf erred;;foa peanuts aneowpeas as theei: crops ripen. The porkers areold : from September - to ' December in he city of . vannah,;'at 'from 7 - erits to W:enrpb7o The f y? P J ? 1X--W M W" X WXXXV iXI the wint on the velvet beiarilpods --. whwblarlff.ver do not 1 decay Jo r several !nbnlh$ Nothing is harvestedheLbo0)eing lowed to; graze on ail the; crops. beans andsoy beana; fall f arid ' winter pastures ed in rows in thco:.'aMV' after the corn - ;is ha? vested; thb,f ; xiuga graze yiL Uic xciiiiMriiur, .ir,"?, tatoes," arev planted rntS spring -ana are ready in July arid August, - By following this system for t16 last eighteai-these found ;that iHr1cita $2C' in hogs .pasture ceed a return bf $800 a pwfit bf $600.-.." :;Si r,.v xrxuob- ui. t,xxc uvgo sic ei in a field of seven "acres, : ----- --. .. ; .- jiv.tw was grown in- com,f -co wpeas. - uui i velvet: Deans. xu.v urum vm . jbOTpt' SjSgoaSBBSS tms nexa incresieu we jritapA K." :',;J;: ton in 190half bafepefacre '-ff-over -wche si&Ixvq, field pipdnced: . ik I906?wfs(3ij ods of cultivatibn arid f ertiHz&iorii Raleietf Progressive armMI -mm is',?..- ., c P V, a. r-